tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67020947877275158342024-03-18T16:02:55.127+13:00Korero Pt EnglandPt England School is a full primary school in Auckland New Zealand. It is a multicultural school with close to a third of the students being Maori and the other two thirds are Pasifika (from a range of Pacific Islands). We created KPE in 2005 as a way of engaging our students in our literacy programme and to motivate them to read books. It has been highly successful. One of our teachers has researched the impact on student learning outcomes and you can email us for a copy if interested.Korero Pt Englandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04845349977720911537noreply@blogger.comBlogger418125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-23242634401149620952013-12-10T10:00:00.000+13:002013-12-10T10:00:04.838+13:00KPE Episode 477: Tashi and the Giants<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-81492870212719023972013-11-30T10:00:00.000+13:002013-11-30T10:00:03.191+13:00KPE Episode 472: Fantastic Mr Fox<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-19526607830486812222013-11-28T10:00:00.000+13:002013-11-28T10:00:03.252+13:00KPE Episode 471: The Meanwhile Adventures<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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George's Marvellous Medicine is yet another amazing and quirky novel by Roald Dahl.<br />
George lives in a farm with his two parents and grandmother who he very much despises. One day George becomes so fed up with her attitude towards him that he comes up with a plan to cure her bad attitude and put a stop to it. George finds and collects all the harmful products he can find around the house a few animal pill and mixes it together.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-33943565671255361502013-10-08T10:00:00.000+13:002013-10-08T10:00:00.393+13:00KPE Episode 469: The Midnight Feast<a href="http://pesanameig.blogspot.com/">Anamei</a> is a year 7 student in <a href="http://www.ptengland.school.nz/index.php?mid=6,16816">room 19</a> who has interviewed her fellow classmate <a href="http://pesterinak.blogspot.com/">Te Rina</a> about the book " The Midnight Feast by Elizabeth Pulford<br />
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Tilly and Rosie are best friends and it is Tilly's birthday. To celebrate they are going to have a midnight feast just the two of them in a cellar. But when Rosie comes to pick Tilly up there is another girl in the car called Margaret, Tilly starts to wonder where Margaret will sleep and if the Midnight Feast will still happen because it was only for the 2 of them.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-59849835468528191682013-10-07T09:00:00.000+13:002013-10-07T09:00:03.980+13:00KPE Episode 468: Rocky<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://pesdariusl.blogspot.com/">Darius</a> is a year 8 student who has recently interviewed his class mate <a href="http://pesshayneb.blogspot.com/">Shayne</a> who is a year 7 student in<a href="http://www.ptengland.school.nz/index.php?mid=6,16816"> room 19</a> about the novel <u>Rocky by Janeen Brian</u></span><br />
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A young boy named Colin has decided to enter a competition that will win him 3 new pairs of sneakers. One for himself, another pair for his younger sister, and the other pair for his best mate.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-86000409915625610952013-10-03T09:30:00.000+13:002013-10-03T09:30:01.421+13:00KPE Episode 466: The Goat Hunt<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://peshenryn.blogspot.com/">Henry</a> is a year 8 student in<a href="http://www.ptengland.school.nz/index.php?mid=6,16816"> room 18</a> who has recently read The Goat Hunt by New Zealand author Daniel Ngerengere. Classmate <a href="http://pesandreak.blogspot.co.nz/">Andrea </a>has interviewed Henry to find out more about this interesting book.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-72942840659017258032013-10-02T09:30:00.000+13:002013-10-02T09:30:02.071+13:00KPE Episode 465: "Capped"<a href="http://pesdanteb.blogspot.com/">Dante </a>is a year 8 student in <a href="http://www.ptengland.school.nz/index.php?mid=6,16933">Room 15</a> who has recently read a novel called "Capped" written by Rowena Cory Lindquist. Dante's classmate <a href="http://peshosannahs.blogspot.com/">Hossanah</a> has interviewed her to find out more about this latest podcast.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clevelyn is a year 7 student in <a href="http://www.ptengland.school.nz/index.php?mid=6,16816">Room 19 </a>who has been reading a very interesting novel called " A Sudden Puff Of Glittering Smoke" By<u> Anne Fine.</u> His classmate <a href="http://peshowardp.blogspot.com/">Howard</a> has been interviewing Clevelyn to find out more about this exciting novel</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine if you found a ring on your way to school and it turned out to be magical just by giving it a rub... Well luckily for Jeanie this happened to her and out popped a genie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><a href="http://pesandreak.blogspot.com/">Andrea</a> is a year 7 student from <a href="http://www.ptengland.school.nz/index.php?mid=6,16816">room 19</a> and has recently read this awesome book called "Graffiti" by <u>Dirk Strasser</u> her classmate <a href="http://pesjorjat.blogspot.com/">Jorja </a>has joined her to get some insight on this interesting novel.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Underworlds #1 "The Battle Begins" is written by an American author named Tony Abbott.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>He's determined to find Dana -- before anyone realizes she's missing. Owen sets out on a mysterious, mythological rescue mission with his friends Jon and Sydney. But what none of them know is that Dana's disappearance is part of a much larger riddle.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://pesmakeritai.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Makerita</a> and <a href="http://pesshoalm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Shoal</a> continue sharing their reading journey on KPE with one of C. S. Lewis' great works, "The Horse and his Boy"</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16486794203463798461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-44262804367496841642013-06-21T03:00:00.000+12:002013-06-21T03:00:02.987+12:00KPE Episode 460 "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Last Straw"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Let’s face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg’s father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and other “manly” endeavors. Of course, Greg is able to easily sidestep his father’s efforts to change him. But when Greg’s dad threatens to send him to military academy, Greg realizes he has to shape up . . . or get shipped out.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you enjoy this book you may also like to check out<a href="http://kpetv.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Jeff%20Kinney" target="_blank"> another in the series </a>which has been published on KPE</span>Dorothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06878032140647205425noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-60879989846686781562013-06-20T01:30:00.000+12:002013-06-20T01:30:02.334+12:00KPE Episode 459: "Hollie Chips"<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://pesviviennea.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Vivienne</a> has been reading "Hollie Chips" by Anna Gowan and <a href="http://pesbrooklyna.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brooklyn</a> interviews her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When she discovers that a dastardly businessman is trying to buy up their houses, to bulldoze them and build a dog food factory (which he has told them will be an orphanage!), the neighbours have to band together with Hollie and her mum to outwit him!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Darius interviews Shoal about a book called "Traitor" by Andy McNab and Robert Rigby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boy Soldier is a series of novels written by Andy McNab with the cooperation of Robert Rigby. It tells the story of a boy named Danny Watts and his grandfather Fergus, apparently a rogue ex-SAS soldier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Danny Watts' grandfather, Fergus, was a Deniable Operator in the SAS before he was betrayed, imprisoned, and falsely denounced as a traitor. Now Fergus has escaped, but the real traitor is determined to silence Fergus and Danny for good. Together Danny and Fergus are forced to go on the run in an against-the-odds battle for survival. As they try to clear Fergus' name, Danny learns all the military field craft, trade skills, and covert operations techniques that are second nature to his grandfather. When Fergus is recaptured, Danny must put those skills to the test and rescue Fergus before it's too late.</i></span>Dorothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06878032140647205425noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-65880323988994372752013-06-18T02:00:00.000+12:002013-06-18T02:00:07.361+12:00 KPE Episode 457: "Meet Me in Horrorwood"<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Dorothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06878032140647205425noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-81527584694406517012013-06-17T16:26:00.000+12:002013-06-17T16:26:05.481+12:00KPE Episode 456: "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Percy Jackson is a twelve-year-old boy with dyslexia and ADHD, who has been expelled from every school he has ever attended. When his class takes a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, his pre-algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds transforms into a Fury and attacks him. Percy's Latin teacher Mr. Brunner throws Percy a magic sword named Anaklusmos or the English translation, Riptide, and sends Mrs. Dodds to Tartarus.</i></span></div>
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Dorothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06878032140647205425noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702094787727515834.post-51742144265902426202013-03-28T16:25:00.000+13:002013-03-30T17:32:59.193+13:00KPE Episode 454: Wolves Of The Beyond- Lone Wolf <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013 and Korero Pt England is in it's 8th year! Welcome back to the Pt England podcasters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this book a mother wolf tries to find a safe place to have her pups. Its a snowy night and you can’t really see anything. The mother wolf is struggling to find a place to have her pups when luckily she finds a den that is empty. She enters the den.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Publishers blurb: <i>A wolf mother has given birth, but the warm bundle snuffling next to her brings only anguish. The pup, otherwise healthy, has a twisted paw, and the mother knows what the harsh code of the pack demands. Her pup will be taken from her and abandoned on a desolate hill. The pack cannot have weakness - the wolf mother knows that her pup is condemned to die.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>But alone in the wilderness, the pup, Faolan, does not perish. This his story - a story of survival, of courage, and of love triumphant. This is Faolan's story, the wolf pup who rose up to change forevever the Wolves of the Beyond.</i></span></div>
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